DAILY
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11,12 AUGUST
1. The Taxation
Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to amend the Income Tax Act
of the year?
a) 1956
b) 1961
c) 1975
d) 1993
ANS B
2. Who of the
following assumed the charge as the Chairman of Central Silk Board, Union
Ministry of Textiles?
a) N S Bissegowda
b) K M Hanumantharayappa
c) KR Nekarara
d) SK Horata
ANS B
3. The Reserve
Bank of India in August 2016 released its third bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17.
What was the Repo Rate?
a) 6.0 percent.
b) 6.5 percent
c) 6.75 percent
d) 7.0 percent
ANS B
4. Name the
Indian organisation, which has inked a pact with US Energy Information
Administration (EIA) in August 2016 to set up web portal
on energy data?
a) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
b) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
c) The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
d) NITI Aayog
ANS D
5. Which
Satellite was launched by China in August 2016 for the protection of its
maritime rights?
a) Tiantong-01
b) Wenchang-00
c) Jiuquan Satellite
d) Gaofen-3
ANS D
6. The 'Early
Childhood Care and Education' policy notified by Union Government aims to
achieve holistic development of children below which
age?
a) Three years
b) Six years
c) Ten years
d) fourteen years
ANS B
7. Name the port
city that is threatened by the Wildfires in southern France that forced to
evacuation.
a) Marseille
b) Arles
c) Nimes
d) Avignon
ANS A
8. Name the
country with which Russia has agreed to restore bilateral relations and end
economic sanctions.
a) Turkey
b) Ukraine
c) North Korea
d) Brazil
ANS A
9. Irom
Sharmila, the Iron Lady of Manipur, who ended her hunger strike in Imphal,
Manipur started her hunger strike in
a) January 1999
b) December 1999
c) November 2000
d) September 2001
ANS C
10. Parliament
of which country has passed legislation that will prohibit police from
providing information to the media without government permission.
a) Turkey
b) Myanmar
c) Ukraine
d) Egypt
ANS D
11. High Court
of which state issued directions to the Election Commission that teacher should
not be deployed for poll duty during examinations?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Goa
d) Delhi
ANS A
12. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi recently launched 70 Saal Azaadi Yaad Karo Kurbani
programme at which of the following places?
a) Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
b) Cuttack, Odisha
c) Allahabad, Lucknow
d) Hajipur, Bihar
ANS A
13. Who is
recently appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?
a) Ashok Kumar Garg
b) Raj Kamal Verma
c) Dinesh Kumar Khara
d) None of the above
ANS C
14. Name the
legendary Carnatic vocalist who will be honoured at the United Nations on
India’s 70th Independence Day by A.R. Rahman.
a) T. Brinda
b) Vasundhara Devi
c) P. S. Narayanaswamy
d) M. S. Subbulakshmi
ANS D
15. Senate of
which country voted to hold an impeachment trial for the nations suspended
President Dilma Rousseff.
a) Brazil
b) Turkey
c) Mexico
d) Germany
ANS A
